• 1 Modifier Know-How: Understanding Discontinued Cases Can Make or Break Claims

• 2 Changes to ICD-9

• 3 Coding Checkpoint: Test Your Canceled-Cases Skills

• 4 Carrier Update: Check Your Pay for Fluoro Guidance With Spinal Injections

• 5 Pain Management Focus: Clearly Document Post-Op Pain Relief for 01996 Payments

• 6 Modifiers Make a Difference: Performing 2 Services on the Same Date? Pick From These 3 Modifiers

• 7 Details Count: Follow Strict Guidelines to Collect Modifier -25 Pay

• 8 Carrier Update: BC/BS Montana Adds Payable Diagnoses to Tendon Injections

• 9 News You Can Use: Watch Out for New ICD-9 Codes, Fluoro Guidelines

• 10 Reader Questions: Report Conscious Sedation With Pain Procedures

• 11 Reader Questions: Use 00702 for CT-Guided Liver Biopsy

• 12 Reader Questions: Report 1 Code for Multiple Procedures

• 13 Reader Questions: 64999 May Be Best for New On-Q Pain Pump

• 14 Reader Questions: It's OK to Change EVLT Code

• 15 Reader Questions: Watch NCCI Edits for Pump Refills

• 16 Reader Questions: Purpose Dictates Regional Bretylium Block Code

• 17 Reader Questions: Include Details for Post-Op Epidural

• 18 Reader Questions: Use 64517 for Superior Hypogastric Block

• 19 Reader Questions: Check With Carrier on 01991 and 01992

• 20 Reader Questions: Verify Diagnosis to Justify MAC

• 21 Reader Question: 20600 Applies to Heel Spur Injection

• 22 Reader Questions: 64483 and 64484 Are for Lumbar Nerve Root Blocks

• 23 You Be the Coder: Check Diagnosis Code for Postpartum D&C

• 24 You Be the Coder: Cryoablation for Neurolysis